This petition was submitted during the 2017 to 2019 Parliament
Rejected petition Ban the license fee
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The BBC needs to stand on it own without being funded by the people. There is no competition when they have a standalone funding source.
A lot of people are disillusion with the BBC especially with non-balanced actions in reporting and don't want to watch it and yet they pay even though they don't use the BBC
Why was this petition rejected?
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https://petition.parliament.uk/petitions/216642
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